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§§ 3914-3917. STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND SEWERS. Tit. XIII, Ch. 23.
8 land contained in the district within which such improvements are
9 made, as shall equal and be in proportion to the special benefits con-
10 ferred by said improvements and not in excess thereof. In no case
11 shall such assessments exceed twenty-five per centum of the actual
12 value of said lots or tracts at the time of levy thereof.
[S. S., '15, § 840-i; 39 G. A., ch. 138, § 2.]
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SEC. 3914. Resolution of necessity.
Whenever the council of any such city shall deem it advisable or
necessary for the benefit of the city as a whole, to construct, repair,
improve or reconstruct any paved or graveled roadway as authorized
by sections thirty-nine hundred twelve, thirty-nine hundred thirteen,
thirty-nine hundred fourteen, thirty-nine hundred fifteen, thirty-nine
hundred seventeen, thirty-nine hundred eighteen, thirty-nine hundred
nineteen of this supplement and thirty-nine hundred sixteen, thirtynine
hundred twenty, thirty-nine hundred twenty-one and thirty-nine
hundred twenty-two of the compiled code, it shall, in a proposed resolution,
declare such advisability or necessity, stating the streets, avenues
or highways along which such improvement is to be made, the
terminal points thereof, one or more kinds of material proposed to be
used and the width of such roadway; establishing a district the lots
or tracts of land embraced in which shall be assessed to pay the cost
of said improvement as in this chapter provided ; estimating the total
cost of such improvement; and stating the proportion of such estimated
total cost which will be assessed against each lot or tract of
land in said district, which proportion shall be determined and fixed
in accordance with the terms of said sections, and with the benefits,
value, area, distance from said roadway and accessibility thereto.
[S. S., '15, § 840-j ; 39 G. A., ch. 138, § 3.]
SEC. 3915. Flat and estimate to precede resolution of necessity.
1 Before such proposed resolution shall be introduced the city coun-
2 cil of such city shall cause to be prepared a plat and schedule which
3 shall show the district proposed to be established ; and each and every
4 lot and tract of land therein contained, together with the proportion
5 of the total cost which will be assessed against each said lot or tract,
6 and an estimate of the total cost of the proposed improvement, said
7 plat and schedule shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and shall
8 be referred to as being so on file in said proposed resolution.
[S. S., '15, § 840-k; 39 G. A., ch. 138, § 4.]
SEC. 3917. Objections—right to hearing—amending resolution.
1 At the time fixed in said notice for consideration of said resolu-
2 tion, any citizen of such city, or owner of any property affected there-
3 by, may appear and make written objection to the contemplated im-
4 provement, to the boundaries of the proposed district, to the proportion
5 proposed to be assessed against any lot or tract, or to the passage of
6 said resolution. At which hearing the resolution may be amended
7 and passed, or passed as proposed.
[S. S., '15, § 840-m; 39 G. A., ch. 138, § 5.]